BluePill, a Seattle AI startup, has raised $6 million in seed funding to help brands predict consumer behavior. The platform creates custom AI audiences that simulate how real consumers would respond to products and campaigns. Clients include Magic Spoon and the Seattle Mariners.
China’s cybersecurity agency is accusing the United States of hacking a bitcoin mining pool and stealing 127,272 bitcoin worth $13 billion. The US says the funds were actually seized from a massive pig butchering scam. This highlights the growing role of cryptocurrency in global cyber conflicts.
OpenAI is fighting a federal court order requiring it to hand over 20 million private ChatGPT conversations to The New York Times. The AI company argues this sets a dangerous precedent for user privacy and wants the court to reverse the ruling. The conversations represent complete user exchanges fro
Apple is using a new study to argue the EU’s Digital Markets Act has failed to deliver promised price reductions. The research found most developers kept savings from lower commissions rather than passing them to consumers. This challenges a fundamental premise of the EU’s antitrust push against tec
Rockstar Games faces a legal challenge from the UK’s Independent Workers’ Union after firing dozens of staff. The union claims it’s union busting, while Rockstar maintains it was gross misconduct. This comes as workers were organizing ahead of GTA 6’s release.
Google is taking legal action against the cybercriminals behind the Lighthouse phishing-as-a-service kit. The operation has harmed over one million people across 120 countries through sophisticated SMS scams.
IBM’s chief scientist Ruchir Puri says new software engineers should stop chasing only Google and Microsoft. He argues that companies like John Deere offer meaningful work transforming entire industries with AI. This comes as IBM plans both hiring increases and thousands of layoffs.
Google is taking legal action against a Chinese criminal group operating the Lighthouse phishing platform. The service created over 107 fake Google login pages and compromised millions of credit cards. One scheme alone generated 200,000 fake websites that received 50,000 daily visits.
OnePlus has expanded its Oxygen OS 16 rollout to include US users of the OnePlus 13. The update brings Android 16 along with new AI capabilities and visual enhancements. Early adopters are already reporting successful installations.
Both Haiku OS and Genode-powered Sculpt OS received substantial updates in October. Haiku focused on kernel and application improvements, while Sculpt OS 25.10 brought performance enhancements and expanded driver compatibility.
